Anisotropic two-photon absorbers measured by the Z-scan technique and its application in laser beam shaping
- 17 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 37 (3), 756-761
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.383899
Abstract
We investigate anisotropic two-photon absorption (TPA) effects in a cubic-symmetry crystal excited by scalar and vectorial optical fields. First, we present the anisotropic TPA coefficient, which depends on the anisotropy coefficient, the dichroism coefficient, the crystal orientation angle, and the ellipticity of the polarized ellipse. Second, we develop the elliptically polarized light Z-scan technique for characterizing anisotropic two-photon absorbers, which is demonstrated experimentally. Last, we present the laser beam shaping of vectorial optical fields with Gaussian intensity distribution into a flat-top profile through anisotropic TPA effects. It is shown that the anisotropic TPA offers a new avenue to manipulate the intensity distribution of the polarization-structured light field, which may find interesting applications in beam shaping, optical limiting, and photodetection. (C) 2020 Optical Society of AmericaKeywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11174160, 11474052)
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20171364)
- National Key Basic Research Program of China (2015CB352002)
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